81 AYA Thuhming in Kom (open access)

81 AYA Thuhming in Kom

Collection of legendary stories about moral practices and taboos in the ancestral way life.
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Mangte, Chungkhohao
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
ABWWFni aganbrwi bisombi (open access)

ABWWFni aganbrwi bisombi

A poem on the phases of ABWWF included in a souvenir of ABWWF published on the occasion of its 15th biennial conference held at Barnagaon High School, Odalguri on 8-10 March 2018
Date: October 3, 2018
Creator: Boro, Kiran
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 74 (open access)

Akha notebook 74

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of conversations about the book 'On Peoples of Thailand' and village priests.
Date: October 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 104 (open access)

Akha notebook 104

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of descriptions of death rituals.
Date: 1978-10-12/1978-10-24
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 105 (open access)

Akha notebook 105

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of traditional narratives and death rituals.
Date: October 20, 1978
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 106 (open access)

Akha notebook 106

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of traditional narratives and death rituals.
Date: October 27, 1978
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 114 (open access)

Akha notebook 114

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of word lists and death rituals.
Date: October 1981
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 120 (open access)

Akha notebook 120

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs, narratives, and ritual recitations about offerings to ancestors, good and bad omens, months, and taboos.
Date: 1982-10-08/1982-10-09
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 121 (open access)

Akha notebook 121

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha songs and narratives including mì dàq sjhí ŋɛ tshɔ́ ŋö́ ŋö́ ə and zə́ zà mə́ zə́ zà zə́ sháŋ thúy, which are sung for young (unmarried) Akhas' deaths and for the youngest child in a family, respectively.
Date: 1982-10-10/1982-10-14
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 901 (open access)

Akha notebook 901

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of elicited sentences and Akha conversations and narratives about traveling and the Akha way of life with partial English glossing.
Date: October 4, 1977
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 906 (open access)

Akha notebook 906

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha mourning songs, personal narratives and a list of classifiers and words they are used with.
Date: 1981-10-31/1981-11-06
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Akha notebook 122a (open access)

Akha notebook 122a

Handwritten notes and transcriptions of Akha formulaic expressions and the context where they are used, elicited sentences, and grammar notes.
Date: October 25, 1982
Creator: Hansson, Inga-Lill
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assam (Garo Hills) captions transcript

Assam (Garo Hills)

Video of life in Assam villages featuring landscapes, the Brahmaputra river, wild elephants, traditional houses, cotton fields, and scenes from the marketplace.
Date: October 31, 1944
Creator: Ferger, H. R.
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about childhood life, part 1

Aunty Zairu narrating her experiences going to school in Koide village.
Date: October 7, 2018
Creator: Veikho, Sahiinii
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation about childhood life, part 2

Aunty Zairu narrating her experiences going to school in Koide village.
Date: October 7, 2018
Creator: Veikho, Sahiinii
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about living conditions in Chhitkul village captions transcript

Conversation about living conditions in Chhitkul village

Ravi and Daya discuss living conditions in Chhitkul village, debating whether life there is difficult or not. The recording was made at the Rani Guest House in Chhitkul village.
Date: October 30, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation about tourism in Chhitkul village captions transcript

Conversation about tourism in Chhitkul village

Ram Kumar and Bhag Singh Negi debate the pros and cons of tourism in Chhitkul village. Neither of them is directly involved in any business related to tourism, which allows for a frank debate. The recording was made at the Government Senior Secondary School in Chhitkul village, where Kumar is a teacher.
Date: October 15, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Conversation and Performance of a folk song 'Niamning tu saojiu'

This one of the most popular songs of Kaihuii. The song was sang by Mr. Thunphulakbou of Samziuram (originally of Ntu village). The first two minutes of the video introduced about the purpose and ethics of the data collection, and also how the data will be archived.
Date: October 10, 2021
Creator: Mataina, Wichamdinbo
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conversation in Lamkang between Shetkarnong Sankhil and Tholung Daniel transcript

Conversation in Lamkang between Shetkarnong Sankhil and Tholung Daniel

A conversation between Daniel Tholung and Shekarnong Sankhil. This was a staged conversation for the sake of an undergraduate Phonetics and Phonology class at the University of North Texas. We recorded the conversation and then immediately used to demonstrate annotation with PRAAT acoustic software.
Date: October 23, 2010
Creator: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
Object Type: Sound
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description and performance of children's songs, part 1

These are songs commonly sung by children. The narrator recollects some songs he used to sing as a kid.
Date: October 1, 2016
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description and performance of children's songs, part 2

These are songs commonly sung by children. The narrator recollects some songs he used to sing as a kid.
Date: October 1, 2016
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description and performance of children's songs, part 3

These are songs commonly sung by children. The narrator recollects some songs he used to sing as a kid.
Date: October 1, 2016
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library

Description of a farewell dance to a girl

When a village girl is to get married, her peers and friends will gather at her house and spend a day singing and dancing with her. This narration is about the songs and dances performed during such gatherings.
Date: October 1, 2016
Creator: Daimai, Kailadbou
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
Description of a typical day at work captions transcript

Description of a typical day at work

Ram Kumar describes his responsibilities as a teacher of English and social science (history, geography and civic education), and what he especially likes about his job. The recording was made at the Government Senior Secondary School in Chhitkul village, where Kumar is a teacher. The school is located further down the village, on the river bank, on the road towards the military checkpoint.
Date: October 8, 2018
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library